How To Use Disproportionate In A Sentence

Another very common form of interaction between socially disproportionate individuals was that between Roman patricians and their freedmen.
You spend a disproportionate amount of your time on sport.
Scotland, as ever playing a disproportionate role in scientific breakthroughs, has had a significant part in the biogenetic revolution.
The life of the architect is so fraught with uncertainty and dilemmas that any clarification of the future, including astrology, is disproportionately welcome.
Readings take up a disproportionate amount of my time and, more importantly, emotional energy, I find.

Representatives from the Knights of Pythias secular fraternity were not able to offer insight into the disproportionate number of Jewish names on the plague. Laura Silver: On Veterans, Crosses And Shields
Japanese children with reading disabilities often have disproportionately more difficulty reading and writing kanji than kana.
In California, for example, a disproportionately high number of Hispanic teens are giving birth.
These developments are having marked negative impacts on women at work, for they are disproportionately represented in casual employment, with high rates of casualisation in feminised industries.
JD (S) leader M C Nanaiah said Palemarâ€ ™ s SO P B Belagavi was raided by the Lokayukta in 2002 for possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income and was later suspended. The Times of India
The same argument holds if some section of the population hold a disproportionate amount of wealth and power - you essentially get a de facto aristocracy.
Here on Boing Boing, you'll see that terms like "bukkake" and "anal" rank disproportionately high in our stat logs, relative to the number of times we actually use them in our posts (bats eyelashes innocently). Boing Boing: January 16, 2005 - January 22, 2005 Archives
The law should not pursue those allegedly guilty of minor, inadvertent or technical crimes decades ago, because to do so is disproportionate and oppressive.
She could tell by his uneven gait, the way he swung out both of his arms with a disproportionate vigour. BEHINDLINGS
You spend a disproportionate amount of your time on sport.
They are disproportionately poor, undereducated, unemployed and more likely to end their own lives.
Instead they make the case that the only way to stop the disproportionately high Black on Black gun violence and homicide rate is to 'declaw' Black males like you and I, removing this threatening tool from our possession. Booker Rising
By our greed, we had despoiled the environment and were consuming a disproportionate share of the world's wealth and resources.
The wives of US servicemen who were exposed to Agent Orange gave birth to a disproportionate number of deformed babies.
Rivals complain that Murphy has disproportionate amounts of cash with which to distort the market.
Making travel safer will not necessarily reduce the number of casualties if there is a disproportionate increase in the amount of travel.
We spend a disproportionate amount of our income on rent.
They sense the little people are disproportionately copping it again.
It was conceived in response to the disproportionate number of entertainers who have collaborated in some capacity with English pop-icon David Bowie only to later suffer premature deaths, varying only in the degree of their hideosity.
The windows of these Victorian rooms were large, plain and disproportionate to the original (whose front they extended). IN LOVE AND WAR
Cowman said the levy would have a disproportionate effect on independent brokers, compared to bigger players such as banks who could build these costs into their charges to consumers.
MDA disproportionates to dehydroascorbate and AsA if it is not immediately reduced.
Sonia is a freak, and a picture of Sonia whose face bears the manifestations of the congenital syndrome that afflicts her oblique palpebral fissures, I have learned they are called, epicanthal folds, and a mouth that is disproportionately small will serve as a constant reminder to Dad that he created for the second time in his life a child with physical and mental imperfections. A Traitor to Memory
The area contains a disproportionate number of young middle-class families.
Our nobly intended welfare programs may be encouraging dysgenics-retrogressive evolution through disproportionate reproduction of the genetically disadvantage … We fear that 'fatuous beliefs' in the power of welfare money, unaided by eugenic foresight, may contribute to a decline of human quality for all segments of society. Climate Progress
In fact, at this time it seems that the English still persisted in rapiers and daggers of disproportionate length which were certainly disappearing elsewhere.
The distrust and the disproportionateness in the process of employment remained even after the change of state politics in 2001.
In youth, affronts to their dignity or pride are often met with disproportionate anger, and sometimes with revenge.
Large and medium companies in the genres of ballet and modern dance are disproportionately well represented by this data.
Apart from an absolute moral imperative, trends such as outsourcing and just-in-time production compel the international community to make sure that no part of the world suffers disproportionately.
Where the funds are going, and as Rose Ferlita so clearly pointed out in her arguments, the generosity to areas that disproportionately "augment" private business enterprise eg, sports authority beneficiaries, does not demonstrate a magnitude of benefit to justify the level in increased expenditure and are therefore ... inappropriate when other services are being left ... WN.com - Financial News
For hospitals in border states, a disproportionate number of these indigent ER patients are illegal immigrants.
The disproportionate population of samurai attracted vast numbers of retailers, craftsmen and servants to service the large and wealthy consumer market.
If ever there was a case of blatant discrimination, it has been in the disproportionate allocation of Hostess marketing dollars to the lily-white Twinkie and the benign neglect of the chocolate Ho Ho. Al Checchi: Capitalism and Its Discontents: The Rise and Fall of the Twinkie
The windows of these Victorian rooms were large, plain and disproportionate to the original (whose front they extended). IN LOVE AND WAR
These jobs are disproportionately concentrated in the service sector.
I had a disproportionately large head with a big broad forehead that earned me the nickname “moonface,” from my own family. Honey, You Just Have to Accept that You're Big-boned - Tres Leches Cupcakes
So I guess we've all spent a disproportionate amount of time in the three second-hand shops.
Singles, being cheaper, were purchased disproportionately by the adenoidal set. Singles Might Save the Music Industry
Claire Light writes Those who read slush know although it's not cool to talk about in these terms that the submissions from women and poc are often disproportionately sucky, which is sometimes why even the proportions of women and poc who submit aren't reflected in the proportions of women and poc actually published. Nick Mamatas' Journal
Nevertheless, it is widely believed that that current laws disproportionately and unfairly favour women.
There is a disproportionate reduction of serous acini of the submucosal glands, which contain lysozyme, lactoferrin, and an antiprotease of small molecular weight.
Women are disproportionately employed in the so-called atypical workforce of part-timers, temporary workers, and homeworkers.
The latter disproportionates to H 2 O 2 and O2.
As I went off to dig them out I could feel a disproportionate sense of excitement building up in me. THE EXECUTION
You spend a disproportionate amount of your time on sport.
African-American women who are addicted to illicit substances are disproportionately over-represented in jails, prisons, and treatment programs.
The exams now consist disproportionately of no-brainers like: ‘When you were in school, were you a member of a sports team?’
Just six months later the anoles were almost exclusively tree-dwelling, and longer-legged lizards had died in disproportionate numbers.
Over these thirteen days, we have learned that no one supports corporations' disproportionate influence in the political sphere.
The proposal is doubly unfair, in that the same parents who would now be surcharged have already contributed disproportionately to the university system through their taxes.
He seemed determined to justify a course of action which seemed wholly disproportionate.
Some killer CraigsList What The Effies for you: just want big boobs, he likes them "pendulous" and "disproportionately large. The Burgh Blog
We must all understand what takes up a disproportionate amount of the available police resources we all call for.
Meantime, after criticizing Israel for using what it called disproportionate force in Lebanon, the European Union said it was planning a peace mission. CNN Transcript Jul 13, 2006
The government devotes a disproportionate share of the budget to military expenditure.
The poverty-stricken widow always congratulated herself upon its conclusion, and it never occurred to her that the amount of work that Birt did in the tanyard was a disproportionately large return for the few days that the tanner's mule ploughed their little fields. Down the Ravine
Final Salary schemes are also disproportionately weighted by gender.
The result can be disproportionately strong governments whose power flows from American money and weaponry.
They took up a disproportionate amount of teachers' time and caused unreasonable stress.
That is, some researchers have assumed that the prevalence of patrilocality and polygyny in relation to matrilocality and polyandry, combined with the structural fact that the X is disproportionately carried in females, can explain the differences in patterns of genetic variation. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
A disproportionately high percentage of ballots later discarded for one reason or another were cast by minorities, as high as 31 percent in some precincts.
As I went off to dig them out I could feel a disproportionate sense of excitement building up in me. THE EXECUTION
And bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the Senate, called the Creating Hope Act, would offer drug makers another financial incentive — a voucher promising fast FDA evaluation of their next blockbuster drug in return for developing a therapy for a rare or neglected disease that disproportionately affects children. Push to spur more drugs for deadly rare diseases
Rotaries extract disproportionate power from small capacity engines and, because they need no pistons, valves, camshafts and belts, are free-revving and smooth as velvet.
You spend a disproportionate amount of your time on sport.
Unilever said it had been given time to prepare for the action, which it described as "disproportionate", but unions claimed the walkouts would hit production of brands including Persil, PG Tips, Marmite, Pot Noodle, Lynx, Flora and Wall's ice cream. Unilever workers go on strike over pensions
Just as fuel consumption grows disproportionately as speeds rise, so does the emission of air pollutants.
She took long breaks for costume changes and behaved skittishly, giving her backing singers a disproportionate amount of vocals. Whitney Houston
The Sheikh's willingness to spend disproportionate amounts of money for certain objects has astonished the art world.
And the Palestinian diaspora is perhaps even more disproportionately people with individuals whose property was stolen by the state of Israel in 1948. The Volokh Conspiracy » Let Turkey Have Gaza
At home, although the man in our house is outnumbered 3: 1, I would say that the women speak a disproportionate amount of the time (none of usis agreat chatterer, though, our house is more likely to be silent rather than filled with conversation by either gender). March 2009
The body is dumpy, tapering to an acorn-shaped posterior; the legs are very long, resembling those of the spider when outspread; the hinder legs are disproportionately long and curved, being thus excellently adapted to enlace and press the little pilule of dung. Social Life in the Insect World
It would argue a disproportionateness, a want of balance, in Desdemona, which Shakespeare does not appear to have in the least contemplated. '[ Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
She could tell by his uneven gait, the way he swung out both of his arms with a disproportionate vigour. BEHINDLINGS
This process manifests itself in a certain attitude that seems to be ingrained in a disproportionate number of Scottish acts.
It is clear that by continuing to recruit disproportionately from the more affluent groups in society, higher education is exacerbating social class divides.
It is therefore exposed to a disproportionately high dose of chemicals at a critical moment of its development.
However, the change in tone of the Oscar ceremony disproportionately affects what the women will wear if ballroom gowns are disdained.
A child of the Midwest grows up in Middle America, thrives, receives disproportionate attention and investment from the community, realizes his or her potential and then moves away to a "sunnier" state in his or her prime. David Gray: What LeBron James' Decision Means for the Midwest
ACH is characterized by disproportionate short stature, where the limbs are shorter than the trunk, and macrocephaly (excessive head size).
Thus, members of this list should be alert to the fact that the title notwithstanding, this book focuses heavily and disproportionately on the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa. MRZine.org
It is vulnerable children who suffer disproportionately when these services fail.
It's received a wholly disproportionate amount of attention just because of his name.
Their stories of disproportionate, unmerited suffering demand that when sufferers cannot feel the companionship of God, we try to assure them of it.
Nationally, a disproportionate 48 percent of all foster children are minorities.
A disproportionately high number of signatories belonged to the intelligentsia or the officer corps.
The Act of 1988 was not disproportionate to the legitimate end to be achieved. 107.
While I do have somewhat of an issue with the fact that this would be a regressive tax that would fall disproportionately on the poor, the concept is a sound one.
An interim analysis of vaccine trial data submitted to the FDA11 showed a disproportionate, but not statistically significant, number of cases of grade 2 or 3 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia related to nonvaccine HPV types among vaccinated women. Is 70% Good Enough?
For someone with what you might call a small social circle, I get invited to a disproportionate amount of weddings.
Under Japan's political system, towns like Towa wield a disproportionate amount of influence.
In a country which is invariably ruled by coalitions, a small number of seats can buy a disproportionate amount of power.
The reality is that Americahas a disproportionate number, though still a minority, of very heavily armed people.
When you read the paper, their main claim is that white players benefit disproportionately from white refs (although blacks also see a smaller benefit). Matthew Yglesias » Race and the Whistle
He never threw off from himself that disproportionate accumulation of aestheticism which is the burden of the amateur. Heretics
California bears a disproportionate amount of the cost of illegal immigration.
Smokers do afterall contribute very heavily to the taxation revenue of this country and disproportionately so.
Diabetes affects older people and racial minorities disproportionately.
The Inspection department's role is to ensure that quality standards are properly maintained, without incurring disproportionate costs.
Nigeria's government is deploring what it calls a disproportionate use of force by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Nigerians Moving to Evacuate Nationals from Libya
Of course, pseudologia fantastica also fits the bill...which is just the fancy name for pathological lying, which to quote from the link "is falsification entirely disproportionate to any discernible end in view, may be extensive and very complicated, and may manifest over a period of years or even a lifetime. Archive 2009-05-01
Each, in its disproportionate way, affirms the truth of evolution.
A disproportionate number of new entrants have been based in England, particularly the south.
May develop genu valgus or varus deformity at knee if there is a disproportionate loss of cartilage on one side.
One paradox is that the Canadian shows that do get good numbers often flourish in the regions, but the official tastemakers disproportionately speak from Toronto.
That can take up a disproportionate amount of time and there is therefore less time spent on the business of teaching and learning.
Blumer explored a tangent of the conspiracy, that minority-owned Chrysler dealers were disproportionately spared from closure. Terry Krepel: Right-Wing Media Won't Concede Obama-Chrysler Dealer Conspiracy Is Bogus
There are 9.6 million bank accounts, a disproportionate amount for the country, but these are accounted for by recent growth in debit cards and cashless salary payments.
However, the Local Government Management Services Board has cautioned that the figures can be disproportionately affected by a small number of long term absences.
Given the disproportionate casualty rate among males compared to females in the military and the current “gender apartheid” in the Armed Forces, surely an ameliorative affirmative action draft is in order? The Volokh Conspiracy » Diane Wood on the Second Amendment
‘A second cut against the King's Division of Northern England would be grossly disproportionate, very wasteful of highly trained infantrymen and lead to overmanning and redundancies.’
They took up a disproportionate amount of teachers' time and caused unreasonable stress.
The next day, one of these emailers responded that he thought my reply was disproportionate to the offensiveness of his email; I agreed and apologized for having reacted inappropriately.
Hence, the disproportionateness of his reactions.
You spend a disproportionate amount of your time on sport.
The huge burden feeds through to small businesses in a disproportionate way.
Any reasonable award of damages is likely to be so low in comparison to the costs of a trial that those costs will be entirely disproportionate to the issues at stake for the parties.
This displacement effect also had a gendered component, as women disproportionately entered the fastest growing occupations.
The cheaper end of the hospitality industry includes a disproportionate number of lifestylers who offer bed and breakfast to make some pocket money.
The inconsistency and disproportionateness which has been occasioned in our sentiments of benevolence, offers a curious moral phenomenon.
The attention paid to young artists in recent decades has grown increasingly disproportionate, for no good reason apart from the follow-my-leader media circus which keeps their antics before an increasingly bored and bewildered (if not downright cynical) public. Closely guarded secret
When hand-like or cheliform structures occur in the Crustacea, these are usually more strongly developed in the males than in the females, often becoming enlarged in the former to quite a disproportionate size, as we have already seen to be the case in Melita. Facts and Arguments for Darwin
Like all patients, Carla smells overenthusiasm with deep suspicion: a doctor who raves disproportionately about small victories is the same doctor who might be preparing his patient for some ultimate defeat. The Emperor of All Maladies
It said the reprimand made it Israel on Tuesday over what it called the discourteous treatment of its minister of fueling anti-Semitism with his criticism of Israel, officials said Tuesday, threatening to spark a Israel and Turkey have indicated that they have overcome the diplomatic row between their countries and are working for better relations peace in the region and using disproportionate force against Palestinians. WN.com - Articles related to Zardari books fast train to Turkey
They suddenly found out that they had spend a disproportionate amount of their money on clothing.
You know as well as I do that (1) attempts to attack American people on American soil, however lamebrained, are going to get disproportionate attention from American press; and (2) coverage of foreign atrocities (and attempted atrocities) is heavily skewed based on where they occur, for a host of reasons. The Volokh Conspiracy » Car Bomb Found in Times Square?
The country's great influence in the world is disproportionate to its relatively small size.
There were disproportionate numbers of female or male births consistently produced by some sires.
Single events or episodes can often assume a disproportionate significance.
Wealthy areas are inhabited by a disproportionate number of resident foreigners.
Nevertheless, it is widely believed that that current laws disproportionately and unfairly favour women.
Secretary General Kofi Annan criticized it for "disproportionate focus on violations by Israel," while neglecting other parts of the world such as Darfur, which he termed a "graver" crisis. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
Is there then a disproportionate growth in the crime of theft as opposed to more serious crimes?
So Comstockery remains alive and well, and until the Congress is motivated to renounce Comstockery once and for all, I fear that women will pay a disproportionate share of the price, with the dark shadow of Anthony Comstock hanging over our health-related speech on critical topics such as abortion. Comstock Act Still On The Books
The disproportionate role of for-profit schools in student-loan default rates was reflected in the Department of Education's announcement Monday, which named five schools across the U.S. that face possible sanctions because of extremely high default rates. Student-Loan Defaults on the Rise
A handful of overmighty subjects exercised a disproportionate influence on the events of the Wars of the Roses.
It exploits the good intentions and generosity of Church members whose Sunday offerings are used in this selfish and disproportionate way.
Alice especially despised those sorts of affected fools found in disproportionately large numbers in academe: bloviators, bad photographers, bad writers, poseurs.
The problem disproportionately affects the developing world, the report said.
Insufficient health insurance disproportionately affects women.
As I went off to dig them out I could feel a disproportionate sense of excitement building up in me. THE EXECUTION
Retroactive cost justification also fails because it disproportionately distributes benefits and costs among organizational constituencies.
They do not constitute moral character; on the contrary, they are, in their disproportionateness, to be controlled by the character, and trained into virtue. — Christian Ethics. Volume II.��Pure Ethics.
It would be unfair if the burden was borne disproportionately by private - sector workers.
There are no cellos, a disproportionately large number of double-basses, and big brass and wind sections but no oboes and bassoons.
The area contains a disproportionate number of young middle-class families.
The very fact that he himself is punished for something quite arguable ´bogus´ meaning ´fact´ instead of ´opinion´...is disproportionate, as calling a treatment bogus, can never be seen as a fact it would mean my doctor would give me a litteral bogus if i came for a prescription. BCA v Singh: An Astonishingly Illiberal Ruling
In the past decade, the already notoriously unequal distribution of wealth has become even more disproportionate.
Last month, an epidemiological study of 51, 704 melanoma cases nationwide showed that melanomas of the scalp and neck are disproportionately fatal.
Sicne the Reagan years, taxation has disproportionately disfavoured the middle class. Think Progress » ThinkFast: April 15, 2010
It turned out that a disproportionate amount of the unclaimed luggage originated from the Indian sub-continent.
Capitalists command disproportionate influence over state agencies and funding for public campaigns.
There are no cellos, a disproportionately large number of double-basses, and big brass and wind sections but no oboes and bassoons.
And there has been a disproportionate swing on focus - the focus should have moved to borough but it is disproportionately so and it is neglecting some other key areas of business.
She's in that stage where she takes some nasty spills about 5 times a day - the stage poor Shane-bug was stuck in for awhile because of his disproportionately large nogging. Pho for Five
Single events or episodes can, either negatively or positively, often assume disproportionate significance.
Because of gaps where teeth were extracted to make space, when I was ten, my eye teeth are disproportionately long, and I think they're getting longer.
Mental health services consistently absorb a disproportionate share of budget cuts during lean economic times.
Providence: his mind was like a warm climate, which brings everything to perfection suddenly and vigorously, not like the alembicated productions of artificial fire, which always betray the difficulty of bringing them forth when their size is disproportionate to their flavour. Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson
A moment after "grace" Harcourt made a poor witticism, at which the majority laughed with an immoderateness quite disproportionate. From Jest to Earnest
Others felt that blacks had to bear most of the burden of being disproportionately bused outside their community.
Kate gets a disproportionate amount of wreckage to build her shelter.
At home, although the man in our house is outnumbered 3: 1, I would say that the women speak a disproportionate amount of the time (none of usis agreat chatterer, though, our house is more likely to be silent rather than filled with conversation by either gender). Sarah Paretsky and voices of women
The army's response was either wholly unwarranted or grotesquely disproportionate.
The horses of the Islands, as of other barren countries, are very low: they are indeed musculous and strong, beyond what their size gives reason for expecting; but a bulky man upon one of their backs makes a very disproportionate appearance. A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland
They suddenly found out that they had spend a disproportionate amount of their money on clothing.
Always united in the purpose of regulating the affairs of the whole Union by the standard of the slaveholding interest, the disproportionate numbers of this section in the electoral colleges have enabled them, in ten out of twelve quadriennial elections, to confer the chief magistracy on one of their own citizens. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams.
However, there's no doubt the blitz on the weeds on our return from holiday took a disproportionately long spell.
MDAsA is spontaneously disproportionated to AsA and dehydroascorbate (DAsA).
Very obese people tend not to exercise and are frequently poor, and they spend a disproportionate amount of time dieting.
The country's great influence in the world is disproportionate to its relatively small size.
The disproportionate amount of privately educated applicants who continue to win places each year is a concern.
There is no need to disproportionately restrict the intake of carbohydrates in the diet of most diabetic patients.
Nowadays, that is more true than ever, in the Catholic Church and particularly in those ecclesial communities that "ordain" women to the ministry—so much so that, if we did have women's ordination in the two communions that can plausibly claim historical and confessional continuity with the Church of the Apostles, I suspect the demographics would not take terribly long to yield a "priesthood" composed disproportionately of middle-aged and elderly women. Mary and the non-ordination of women
Wings of tenebrous leather tore through my T-shirt, and my fangs and claws became disproportionate to my size as I turned into the uber vamp. Crossed
“Now it amounts to one-seventh as the cost of housing, child-care, and health-care have all risen disproportionately.” Matthew Yglesias » A Better Poverty Measure
The Sutton Trust believes disproportionately low numbers of low-income students enrol on arts and humanities courses, fearing they may be less employable than if they take other subjects. Arts degrees become the preserve of the wealthy
The risk of error is unacceptably high, and disproportionately shouldered by certain groups.
And the Palestinian diaspora is perhaps even more disproportionately people with individuals whose property was stolen by the state of Israel in1948. The Volokh Conspiracy » Let Turkey Have Gaza
The disproportionately valuable Fred Winter Hurdle took the Pertemps' Tuesday slot because the official handicappers insisted the juvenile handicap was run before the Triumph.
Women who make partner are disproportionately unmarried or divorced, and childless.
The windows of these Victorian rooms were large, plain and disproportionate to the original (whose front they extended). IN LOVE AND WAR
The area contains a disproportionate number of young middle-class families.
this wall is disproportionately long
In one of these scenes, the portrait of the emperor has been recarved rather awkwardly to represent his successor Nerva, resulting in a somewhat disproportionate pinheaded effect.
One of the characteristics of the habitual masturbator is the strengthening, tightening, and overall disproportionate growth of the pronator quadratus, a small quadrangular muscle situated at the distal end of the forearm beneath the tendons of the flexor digitorum profundus and the flexor pollicis longus. An East Wind Coming
They suddenly found out that they had spend a disproportionate amount of their money on clothing.
The contract does not specify how the financing will be shared but merely apportions the amount of work, which he fears may be disproportionately large for the Bulgarian enterprise if they get the less skilled procedures.
The punishment was grossly disproportionate to the crime.
One of the characteristics of the habitual masturbator is the strengthening, tightening, and overall disproportionate growth of the pronator quadratus, a small quadrangular muscle situated at the distal end of the forearm beneath the tendons of the flexor digitorum profundus and the flexor pollicis longus. An East Wind Coming
There are a disproportionate number of girls in the class.
However the commission is mindful of the need to "avoid a disproportionate disturbance to the business plans of stakeholders that have committed significant investments in telecommunications infrastructure in Fiji, as well as the need to give legal and commercial certainty to investors on long-term interconnection rates so as to manage effectively their respective businesses". Fijilive.com - Gateway to Fiji Islands - News
The rooms are small—except for the disproportionately huge rectangular dining room—and need work, but possess charm: uneven floorboards, crumbly thick moulding, lumpy mullioned windows, and a creaky stairway. Exit the Actress
Britain leads Europe in call centre jobs, with Scotland doing disproportionately well.

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